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Grit Meets Growth

Grit Meets Growth

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Chris Cathers and John Gamades bring you Grit Meets Growth... The podcast where we explore the power of getting uncomfortable, making things happen, and creating a magnetic life. Are you ready?

Chris Cathers is the co-founder and CEO of Octellient, an information security expert, advisor and coach, and a cancer survivor.

John Gamades is a co-founder and partner at the marketing agency OrangeBall Creative and the author of the Depth Not Width blog.

Both are proud husbands, dads, and leaders in all they do. Having experienced adversity, challenges, the pressure of being entrepreneurs, Grit Meets Growth is the authentic and raw sharing of their journeys.Copyright Grit Meets Growth Podcast 経済学
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  • Where Faith Fits Into Conversations About Grit and Growth - Episode 133

    Where Faith Fits Into Conversations About Grit and Growth - Episode 133
    2026/06/03
    Some conversations are planned. Others start with two friends talking and end up somewhere neither expected to go.

    This episode is one of those conversations. What begins as a discussion about identity, purpose, and the lessons coming out of our Built for More men's group quickly turns into a deeper exploration of faith, gratitude, comparison, authenticity, and the masks we wear. Along the way, we share personal stories about success and failure, fatherhood, business, brotherhood, cancer, shame, and the ongoing battle between the voices that build us up and the voices that try to tear us down.

    At its core, this conversation asks a simple but powerful question: Who are you when all the titles, achievements, possessions, and expectations are stripped away?

    Whether you're wrestling with your identity, searching for purpose, carrying a burden in silence, or simply trying to understand what it means to live authentically, we hope this conversation reminds you that you don't have to carry it alone.

    Let's get after it.
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    38 分
  • When The Wall You Built to Protect Yourself Becomes a Prison - Episode 132

    When The Wall You Built to Protect Yourself Becomes a Prison - Episode 132
    2026/05/20
    Most of us don’t plan to isolate. It just happens quietly. A tough week, a little pressure, a feeling that things aren’t fully under control, and before we know it, we start pulling back.

    In this episode, we unpack a question that stopped a room full of men in their tracks: when do you find yourself isolating? What surfaced was honest, familiar, and a little uncomfortable. From stress and overwhelm to imposter syndrome and the fear of not being enough, isolation often shows up as protection. But what we found on the other side of that conversation is just as important. Trust and real connection have a way of breaking through the noise in our heads and reminding us we’re not alone in the fight.

    Here are five insights that come through loud and clear in this conversation:
    1. Isolation is often a protection mechanism, not a need for rest. We tell ourselves we need space, but a lot of the time we’re actually trying to protect our image, our ego, or the fear of being exposed. It feels safer to retreat than to be seen struggling.
    2. Everyone has a version of “I’m not enough” running in the background. Imposter syndrome showed up in different ways for everyone, but the root was similar. Even capable, successful people quietly question whether they measure up. Isolation becomes the place where that doubt grows unchecked.
    3. The voice in your head gets louder and less accurate when you’re alone. Left unchecked, our internal narrative starts to distort reality. Problems feel bigger, perspective disappears, and we start believing things that aren’t true. Isolation doesn’t solve the issue, it amplifies it.
    4. Real connection creates clarity faster than going it alone. The moment guys opened up, things shifted. What could have taken weeks to process internally got worked through in minutes through conversation, perspective, and accountability. The right people help you cut through the noise.
    5. Brotherhood doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built intentionally. Vulnerability, curiosity, trust, care, no judgment, and accountability. Those aren’t automatic. They’re practiced. The depth of the conversation wasn’t luck, it was the result of a group choosing to show up that way consistently.
    ONE TRUTH: Isolation feels like protection, but it quietly pulls you deeper into the very thing you’re trying to escape.
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    45 分
  • Why You’ve Stopped Trusting Yourself and How To Fix It - Episode 131

    Why You’ve Stopped Trusting Yourself and How To Fix It - Episode 131
    2026/05/06
    There’s a quiet kind of damage that happens when we stop trusting ourselves. Not because we’re incapable, untalented, or lazy, but because over time, we slowly build patterns of breaking our own word. We say we’re going to start Monday, make the call tomorrow, get back in the gym, have the hard conversation, show up differently, and then life, excuses, fear, or comfort pull us the other direction. This episode dives into the connection between self-trust, consistency, identity, and growth. Because real confidence is not built through hype or motivation. It’s built one kept promise at a time.

    Five insights from this episode:
    1. Self-trust is built or broken in small moments.
      Most people do not struggle because they lack information. They struggle because they no longer trust themselves to follow through. Every kept promise strengthens identity. Every broken promise chips away at it.
    2. Consistency shapes identity.
      The habits we repeat eventually become the story we believe about ourselves. When we repeatedly quit, delay, or make excuses, we slowly begin to believe we are someone who does not follow through. The opposite is also true.
    3. Accountability is not weakness.
      Sometimes other people see what we are capable of before we do. Accountability creates structure, support, and reinforcement while we rebuild trust in ourselves. Growth was never meant to be a solo journey.
    4. Confidence comes from keeping your word to yourself.
      Real confidence is not built from motivation or quick wins. It comes from doing hard things consistently, especially on the days you do not feel like doing them. The win is often in the follow-through itself.
    5. Big change starts with small promises.
      You do not rebuild self-trust overnight. You rebuild it through small, repeatable actions. Show up for the walk. Read the 10 pages. Make the phone call. Keep one promise this week, then build from there.
    ONE TRUTH:
    The fastest way to lose confidence in yourself is to repeatedly break your own word. The fastest way to rebuild it is to start keeping small promises again.
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    37 分
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